Jump to content

Christo Hall

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Christo Hall (born in 1978, in Sydney, Australia) is an entrepreneur, ex-professional surfer, author and owner of a marketing agency.[1]

Early years

[edit]

Christo Hall was born in 1978 on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. He spent his childhood surfing and followed his childhood dream to become a professional surfer and featured in Surfing World Magazine Best Surfers of all Time Edition 2009.[2][3] At age 14 he got his first surfboard sponsor Simon Anderson.[4]

Career

[edit]

In 1991 Hall got sponsored by Billabong and was one of their team riders for 15 years. Christo is a surfer[5][6] for North Narrabeen Board Riders club and has surf for the team to win 4 Australian titles [7] Global Surf Tag News 05.02.2011 North Narrabeen National Surfing Reserve Book page 29[8] and featured in The Surfing Year Book.

In 2004 Christo retired from full-time international competition. Still had a 49th place on the surfing World Qualifying Series in 2008[9] and went into business producing beginner surfboards - Softboards Australia. He bought and sold a few other businesses in the surfing industry and in 2009 started Basic Bananas.[10][11]

Christo has been featured across the Australian media landscape including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, SmartCompany, BRW, Channel 9 in relation to marketing.

In 2012 Hall published his first book Bananas About Marketing.[12]

Besides running different businesses, Christo is also a keynote speaker on the topic of marketing and entrepreneurship.[13][14]

Personal life

[edit]

Hall lives in Narrabeen on Sydney's Northern Beaches [15]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Global, Dent (4 January 2017). "How Franziska Iseli and Christo Hall Maintain and Grow a Successful Business While Living Their…". Medium. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ Surfing World Print Magazine, Best Surfers of All Time Edition 2009
  3. ^ Channel 7 Gold Coast Australia - Coastal Watch Show - Kangaroo Island episode Archived 24 October 2014 at archive.today
  4. ^ Simon Anderson News 'Christo Hall long serving team member
  5. ^ Surf School Book By Laurine Croasdale Acknowledgements page
  6. ^ Local News Plus 4 April 2007 Archived 26 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Publication: weekender | Section: Features | Story ID: 18898
  7. ^ Global Surf Tab Results
  8. ^ The Surfing Year Book by Bruce Boal
  9. ^ Association of Surfing Professionals Rankings 2008: ASP results
  10. ^ The Money Pillow interview with inspiring entrepreneur 28 March 2014
  11. ^ Ontraport News June 2014 Archived 24 October 2014 at archive.today
  12. ^ BRW Magazine August 2012 Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Author Leo D'Angelo Fisher
  13. ^ MAP Expo by The University of Notre Dame Australia - Marketing, Advertising and PR Expo 2014 Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Hub Australia Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Bride Magazine Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine July 2010, author unknown.